HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583.jpg
1.6 MB
Extraction Summary
6
People
4
Organizations
4
Locations
2
Events
2
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book page / congressional record
File Size:
1.6 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 95 from a book (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, given the filename) discussing Edward Snowden's time in Hong Kong following the Guardian's publication of the NSA leaks. It details his logistical movements on June 10-11, including switching hotel rooms, his credit cards being frozen, and his extraction from the Mira hotel by lawyers Robert Tibbo and Jonathan Man to a safe house. The page bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp, indicating it is part of a congressional record.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Snowden | Whistleblower / Subject |
Subject of the text, escaping the Mira hotel in Hong Kong after leaking NSA secrets.
|
| Poitras | Journalist / Associate |
Likely Laura Poitras; rented a room at the Mira for Snowden and possibly paid his hotel bill.
|
| Robert Tibbo | Lawyer |
Retained for Snowden; received emergency call to move Snowden; met him at the mall.
|
| Jonathan Man | Lawyer |
Retained for Snowden; accompanied Tibbo to move Snowden.
|
| Albert Ho | Lawyer |
Associated with Tibbo and Man; his law firm was appointed as Snowden's legal adviser.
|
| Greenwald | Journalist |
Likely Glenn Greenwald; received a message from Snowden on June 11 regarding the safe house.
|
Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| NSA |
National Security Agency; organization Snowden leaked secrets about.
|
|
| The Guardian |
Newspaper that published the story revealing Snowden as the whistleblower.
|
|
| Ho's law firm |
Albert Ho's firm, appointed as Snowden's legal adviser.
|
|
| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583'.
|
Timeline (2 events)
June 10
Meeting between Snowden and lawyers at the mall, signing of legal documents, and escape via mall exit.
Mall adjacent to The Mira
Post-Guardian publication
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
|
The Mira
|
Hotel in Hong Kong where Snowden was staying.
|
|
City/Region where events took place.
|
|
|
Meeting point for Snowden and his lawyers.
|
|
|
Apartments of refugees
|
Hiding places where lawyers planned to move Snowden.
|
Relationships (2)
Tibbo was retained for Snowden and helped him escape.
Poitras rented a room for Snowden and potentially paid his bill.
Key Quotes (4)
"to wiretap anyone, even the president"Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583.jpg
Quote #1
"I don't want to live in a society that does those sorts of things."Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583.jpg
Quote #2
"I can make myself unrecognizable."Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583.jpg
Quote #3
"I am in a safe house for now... But I have no idea how safe it is."Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583.jpg
Quote #4
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,350 characters)
Whistle-blower | 95
the NSA "to wiretap anyone, even the president," the press largely accepted his claims as established facts. As for American surveillance, he declared, "I don't want to live in a society that does those sorts of things."
The Guardian story accompanying the video carried the headline "Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations." Overnight, Snowden became a global celebrity and, to much of the world, a hero.
The next morning he packed his belongings into a backpack and moved, without notifying the front desk, to another room Poitras had rented at the Mira. Complicated schemes, especially when they involve transferring state secrets to unauthorized parties in a foreign country, do not necessarily go as planned. That was true of Snowden's escape plan. Snowden had no plan to stay put and face the music. On the morning of June 10, though, there was apparently a problem. Robert Tibbo and Jonathan Man, the lawyers who, along with Albert Ho, had been retained for Snowden by an unidentified party, received an emergency phone call early in the morning telling them to help Snowden move to a safe location. Although Tibbo would not identify the person who had called, the message had been relayed to Man and him through Ho's office. When Tibbo called Snowden offering to help him move, Snowden told him, "I can make myself unrecognizable."
Tibbo and Man immediately proceeded to the mall adjacent to the Mira hotel, where they met Snowden. After he signed a document appointing Ho's law firm as his "legal adviser," the three of them slipped out via the mall exit. Tibbo and Man planned to move Snowden to the apartments of refugees who were their clients.
Snowden's credit card had been frozen, so it is not clear who paid his sizable hotel bill. According to hotel records, it was paid by another credit card. Poitras, who had taken a room at the hotel, might have used her own credit card, or Snowden might have had another benefactor in Hong Kong. In any case, the lawyers escorted Snowden to a prearranged residence.
"I am in a safe house for now," Snowden wrote to Greenwald on June 11. The situation might not have been totally under his control, because he added, "But I have no idea how safe it is."
Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 95 9/29/16 5:51 PM
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019583
Discussion 0
No comments yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this epstein document